[Bonus chapter] Chapter 46: Battle Maniac

Bang! 

The very earth shook from the intense weight of the three Ghasts leaping into the air, something impossible given their huge muscles and hulking bodies; bursting through the air like a flock of eagles, they shot directly towards Alex, who just lowered his nodachi beside his waist, closing his eyes and taking in the entire scene, tightening his muscles he focused his ears.

"ggrrk!" 

"Guvak!"

Woosh!

Their hulking bodies arced towards him, like three meteorites ready to destroy him, lifting their huge arms and forming massive hammers with their brutal fists bigger than Alex's head.

'Alex!? Why are you standing still!?'

The black mist around Stella began to form a powerful whirlwind forming small bolts of her shadowy magic; she didn't release them; instead, as her body began to feel a throbbing pain, a stabbing sensation in her head, forming larger spike-sized bolts.

- Stella learned Shadow Magic Manipulation Level 1